17 Dec 2025 · 3 min
Brian Johnson walks through his morning routine (meditation, journaling, a 1,000-second timer, 11 burpees) and pulls Nietzsche on the will as "the liberator and the joy bringer." Pick one practice and do it every day.
Hey hero, if you're enjoying these daily plus ones, make sure you head to heroic us to check out all of the other goodness we have to help you activate your best every day. And now today's Plus One. Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Heroic Plus One. Now, my 1,000 second timer went off about 90 seconds before I started typing this Plus One. It was 7:15 in the morning and I had just finished my hour of meditation and 10 minutes of pre deep work goodness. That included recommitting to my sacred vow and reconnecting with our investors. Bless you all again. And doing a quick strategic journaling session on our top three targets for 2023 to take the next steps in fulfilling our heroic mission of creating a world in which 51% of humanity is flourishing by the year 2051. Then I opened up Mel Robbins book the High Five Habit. I was a few pages in which when my 1000 second Timex timer went off. And as you know, if you've been following along, that is my prompt cue trigger to stand up and if I haven't done 100 plus burpees yet, bang out a set of 11 burpees. So that's what I did. And as I did it, Nietzsche's wisdom popped into my head. In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, he tells us, he who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves. But much is still lacking before they can obey themselves. Which is why as I banged out my set of 11 burpees, I silently chanted to myself, command and obey. Command and obey. Command and obey. And that's today's plus one. It's one thing to tell ourselves to do something. It's an entirely different and infinitely more important thing to actually do that thing. Which is why Nietzsche also said, will. That is the name of the liberator and the joy bringer. Mastering our will is the only possible way we can achieve another one of his dictums. I must perfect himself, I must perfect myself. He used to say. So what's one thing you know you could be doing that if you started doing it consistently, would most positively impact your life? You got it. Awesome. It's time to commit to it. And much more importantly, it's time to do it. It's time to command and obey. Here's to perfecting ourselves and remembering that will is the name of the liberator and the joy bringer. Let's move from theory to to practice to mastery together today. We hope you enjoyed today's heroic plus one. For more ancient wisdom, modern science and practical tools to help you flourish in energy, work and love. Head to Heroic US where you can get started on your heroic journey for free.
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